Will start to get warm soon. It gets quite freaking humid in the summer. We were there in September doing Land Nav and it came pretty close to kicking my ass. Course, when you're doing land nav in mountains, that will do it.

We were there a month, ate at the same chow hall as the AIT's. Compared to Infantry BT/AIT/OSUT, it was freaking easy/relaxed. You could actually talk in the chowhall. All of us were like , what the hell kinda BT is this?

I dont know if you'll ever see the Main PX or not. It's not bad. There's a bowling alley, pretty nice gym.....Then, on the West side of the base, there's a sports bar and grille....doubt you'll see any of this though.

I dont know if the impact ranges are still downrange from the BRM ranges, but it's kinda nice to watch HE going off in the distance while shooting.

" If you are in exactly the right place at the right time, shooting magnificently, applying good tactics--and you have the will and the skill--you can still get killed. Even if you did it all correctly."

I'm just south of Ft. Sill at Sheppard AFB. If you're leaving soon, it should be ok for a while as far as the weather is concerned. Starts to get, *ahem*, warm around May and June. Hot comes in July through September.

Mt. Scott is definitely nice, as are the entire Wichita Mountain area.

I've never actually been on the Fort (AF guy here, what do I need with an Army base?), but the local town, Lawton, has decent ammenities for being on the small-to-medium size.

Good luck at basic, and thanks for enlisting!

"Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." --H.L. Mencken

Im shipping out June 14 after Spring Quarter is over. My MOS is 88M. I tested color blind so they stuck me in a unit that was fairly close and had jobs that were red/green qualified. So is it rugged terrain like Mountains or is it mainly flat, open areas? But yeah I picked something that I thought would be cool, like driving big trucks and such.